diff --git a/Lib/urllib/error.py b/Lib/urllib/error.py
--- a/Lib/urllib/error.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/error.py
@@ -50,16 +50,19 @@ class HTTPError(URLError, urllib.respons
         # file object.  If this happens, the simplest workaround is to
         # not initialize the base classes.
         if fp is not None:
             self.__super_init(fp, hdrs, url, code)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return 'HTTP Error %s: %s' % (self.code, self.msg)
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<HTTPError %s: %r>' % (self.code, self.msg)
+
     # since URLError specifies a .reason attribute, HTTPError should also
     #  provide this attribute. See issue13211 for discussion.
     @property
     def reason(self):
         return self.msg
 
     @property
     def headers(self):